Why Google should not be hiding information
The Herald reports: The attempted murder of an entire family, an actor’s affair with a teenager, and tax dodging are just some of the things that people are asking Google to hide. The search engine has...
View ArticleInto The River
The Herald reports: The author of the first book to be banned in New Zealand for at least 22 years is asking: “Will I be burnt next?” Don’t get hysterical and silly. And it isn’t banned as much as...
View Article1,200 books banned in NZ
Been sent a list of around 1,200 books that have been banned in New Zealand. They were banned between 1963 and 1994 by the Indecent Publications Tribunal, and the vast majority are still banned today...
View ArticleInto The River unbanned
Stuff reports: The New Zealand Film and Literature Board has lifted the ban on Ted Dawe’s controversial teen novel Into the River. In a decision that was far from unanimous, the president of the board...
View ArticleCensor wants more powers
Stuff reports: The deputy chief censor wants the Government to put more options on the table for regulating online pornography. In an article for the censor’s website, deputy chief censor Jarred Mullen...
View ArticleDom Post on Wicked Campers
A rare good Dom Post editorial: The use of drugs by favourite childhood characters is likely to encourage impressionable young people to see drug use as funny and cool, the office finds. That is...
View ArticleAmusing censorship
I blogged previously about an audio recording of NZ First MP Doug Woolerton slagging off foreign investment. Well a wee while back Winston blogged on the same topic at the Winston Peters blog. Now Dave...
View ArticleThe great Australian firewall
There’s been quite a bit of media interest lately about the Australian Government’s daft idea to force Australian ISPs to install compulsory filters that will ban sites the Government deems...
View ArticleHerald on Filtering Scheme
The Herald editorial: With money granted in this year’s Budget, it plans to provide internet providers with Swedish-devised software that matches site requests to a “banned” list and reroutes the...
View ArticleChristian Intolerance
It has been amazing to see the intolerance on display by some extremist Christians. They have applauded the destruction of a church’s private property, because they don’t like the message on display....
View ArticleOUSA attempts censorship
The ODT reports on the compulsory membership OUSA: The Otago University Students Association wants broadcast media to sign a censorship contract before attending Ori10 concerts. The annual orientation...
View ArticleAustralia to block Wikipedia parody
The SMH reports: The Australian Human Rights Commission has threatened legal action against a widely read but controversial US-based website over an article that it says encourages racial hatred...
View ArticleFiji set to clamp down on a free media
Most people are familiar with the saying two steps forward and one step back to describe a situation of slow progress. That has been my hope for Fiji, that with a set date for elections in 2014, there...
View ArticleUS Ambassador tells Aust Govt not to filter
It is very rare to have an Ambassador comment on a domestic policy, and even more rare amongst friendly countries. So I was surprised and pleased to see the US Ambassador to Australia speak out against...
View ArticleSouthpark Censorship
Once again Comedy Central has censored Southpark. Four years ago they banned the show from being able to show from showing a harmless depiction of Muhammad (was just him giving someone a fish) in their...
View ArticleIs the Government blocking local Chinese media?
A reader writes: The local Chinese media are saying that the NZ government is blocking their accreditation to cover the visit of the vice president Jinping this week. According to them no local Chinese...
View ArticleUpdate to story on media access for visit from Chinese VP
I blogged on Monday about complaints local Chinese media had not been able to get access to the visit of the VP of China. DIA sent me on Tuesday an e-mail which I have attached to the original post....
View ArticleBBC censors Fawlty Towers
Political Correctness strikes again. Stuff reports: In the annals of comedy history, Fawlty Towers is considered one of the greatest television programs ever produced. And from among its episodes, The...
View ArticleWhy Google should not be hiding information
The Herald reports: The attempted murder of an entire family, an actor’s affair with a teenager, and tax dodging are just some of the things that people are asking Google to hide. The search engine has...
View ArticleInto The River
The Herald reports: The author of the first book to be banned in New Zealand for at least 22 years is asking: “Will I be burnt next?” Don’t get hysterical and silly. And it isn’t banned as much as...
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